Casino State : Legalized Gambling in Canada /

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While there has been an unprecedented explosion of legalized gambling in Canada - particularly in the form of casinos and electronic games - the public has become increasingly aware of addictions to gambling. Casino State is a timely collection that examines the controversial role of the state as a...

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Main Authors: Klassen, Thomas Richard, 1957- (Author, Editor), Cosgrave, James F., 1959- (Author, Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, 2009
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Gambling > Social aspects.
Gambling > Government policy.
Gambling.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
Jeux de hasard > Aspect social > Canada.
Jeux de hasard > Politique gouvernementale > Canada.
Jeux de hasard > Canada.
Gambling > Social aspects > Canada.
Gambling > Government policy > Canada.
Gambling > Canada.
Canada.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the shape of legalized gambling in Canada / James F. Cosgrave and Thomas R. Klassen
  • Part one. Morality, markets, and the state ; 'Blood money' : gambling and the formation of civic morality / William Ramp and Kerry Badgley
  • Governing the gambling citizen : the state, consumption, and risk / James F. Cosgrave
  • Part two. Comparative gambling policy frameworks ; Canadian gambling policies / Colin S. Campbell
  • Gambling policy and regulation in Australia / Jan McMillen
  • Part three. Governments and gambling policy ; Policies of gambling legitimation and expansion in Ontario / Thomas R. Klassen and James F. Cosgrave
  • Government as gambling regulator and operator : the case of electronic gaming machines / Ray MacNeil
  • Part four. Gambling and social issues ; Gambling-related crime in a major Canadian city / Garry J. Smith, Timothy F. Hartnagel and Harold Wynne
  • Youth gambling : a Canadian perspective / Jeffrey L. Derevensky
  • Appendix A. Major Canadian gambling resources
  • Appendix B. Problem gambling helplines.

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